We, the undersigned organizations, write today to call your attention to the negative health effects of alcohol and to ask you to inform consumers by moving forward with alcohol labeling proposals that will help fulfill President Trump’s goal of Making America Healthy Again.
Excess consumption of alcohol is associated with injuries, motor vehicle accidents, and multiple chronic diseases, including liver disease and cardiovascular disease, and is a leading cause of preventable cancer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that, in 2020-2021 (the most recent year of data available), 178,000 deaths in the U.S. were attributable to excessive alcohol use (both acute and chronic).
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A regular update on emerging federal vaccine issues. On June 17, 2025, this list—drawn from news reports and other information—ranks the most significant changes to vaccination policy, with brief commentary from the editors.
VaccinesPeter Lurie, MD, MPH, Sarah Despres, Josh Rising, MD, MPH, Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD
On April 2, 2025, CSPI’s Litigation Department and its co-counsel at the ACLU and Protect Democracy Project sued the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), challenging the new policy that led to the abrupt and unlawful cancellation of research grants and the halt of the application process for new grants.
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On June 12, 2025, leading nutrition and health scientists called upon U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director, Dr. Bhattacharya, to increase federal investments in nutrition research and publicly affirm his commitment to independent science at NIH, free from political interference. In the letter, the scientists explicitly ask that he: 1) provide $120 million to the NIH Office of Nutrition Research, 2) create a state-of-the-art research environment for highly controlled human studies to obtain results at a scale and pace that answers key questions in months, not years, 3) adequately fund nutrition science by doubling the current NIH nutrition budget to $4 billion, and 4) create an institutional home for this research in a National Institute of Nutrition.
The health of America’s children is focus of the MAHA Commission's first report. Its ideas are undermined by many of the Trump administration's actions to date.
